Room 101

[Cricketbat70]

As we are on the subject of biscuit dunking and you love it so much AI ears😂 I am going to make you squirm.

When I worked at silentnight beds (over 25 years ago now), there was a news story about a university in the UK that had done research into the best drink, biscuit dunking combination for flavour. After months of research their conclusion was milk and ginger nuts. I was stood there looking at the radio thinking and this is where tax payers money is going.
I have to admit though I did try that combination and I like it.

 

[Cricketbat70]

Best you avoid them then, as there are always loads of Bourbons (not all broken).

The odd box though, contains some good ones, including some whole, nice, chocolate and caramel ones - and quite a bit of variety.

(I don't buy them myself - a mate buys them for his Mum and gives me a box each time).

Having mentioned my dad stopped buying house of Lancaster broken biscuits because he had a couple of boxes in a row that just had one type of biscuit in. Look what I've just got from the petrol station at the end of my street. My youngest son loves them, so why not😂

 

[Leon74]

Having mentioned my dad stopped buying house of Lancaster broken biscuits because he had a couple of boxes in a row that just had one type of biscuit in. Look what I've just got from the petrol station at the end of my street. My youngest son loves them, so why not😂

OMG, my husband seduced me with them 🤣 🤣 🤣 Fed me these cookies all the time, lol. I used to LOVE them as a kid and here in The Netherlands their name was Jaffa, too, but they somehow disappeared from the shelfs but decades later my later-to-be Belgian husband had them - in Belgium they exist under another brand name.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Tailgaters. I'm sure they're on here already (probably posted by me), but I absolutely hate it. Several yesterday who looked as though they were being towed when seem from a distance. When someone does it to me, I usually end up opening a gap sharpish then slowing down to the limit again - as often as is necessary.

 

[Cricketbat70]

Tailgaters. I'm sure they're on here already (probably posted by me), but I absolutely hate it. Several yesterday who looked as though they were being towed when seem from a distance. When someone does it to me, I usually end up opening a gap sharpish then slowing down to the limit again - as often as is necessary.

As I say to Rach. Someone's trying to get in my boot again.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

I find myself strangely (and irrationally) irritated by the 'recent deaths' part of Wikipedia's homepage. The preponderance of US baseball/American football players/coaches/whatever points to a weirdly US-centric approach from those who nominate - trust us, outside of the US no-one gives a monkeys.

 

[Gray]

Taylor Swift.
Can't possibly be as good as the hype suggests.

 

[jjbomber]

Taylor Swift.
Can't possibly be as good as the hype suggests.

Biggest music artist in the World by quite a long way.

 

[Fred1958]

A friend of mine, (you know who you are) finally admitted that he had bought a Taylor Swift album when I had to resort to waterboarding him to get at the truth. I spotted him coming out of HMV and although not a clear sighting at a distance my suspicions were aroused. Should have chosen the HMV carrier bag, not the clear plastic one you use for vinyl Simon. or rather Simon Swiftie as he is now known.

 

[Gray]

Biggest music artist in the World by quite a long way.

Yep, impossible to miss that fact.
Certainly big, as in famous.

Never mind her, nobody justifies the amount of hype and 'news' stories related to her.

 

[Cricketbat70]

Taylor Swift.
Can't possibly be as good as the hype suggests.

I won't show my daughter your comment. She's a swifty, got it really bad😂 She's going to the Anfield leg of the Eras tour in June with four friends.
Noticed NME have really slayted Taylor's new album that was released today.

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

Biggest music artist in the World by quite a long way.

Also, the most ridiculously over hyped.

 

[Mac202]

People probably said the same about the Beatles in their day.

 

[DCarmi]

You get these fads where an artist or group becomes hugely successful. Bay City Rollers, anyone? The question becomes one of longevity.

You can argue that the likes of The Beatles, Stones, Elton John, Springsteen, Sinatra, Elvis etc remain popular for years or even years after they disbanded/died.

I guess, the test for the Swifts and Sheerans of this world is, will they still be popular in 10 years time or will they just be the odd track in a playlist? Swift's fan base is huge and she is not dim, so I suspect they'll go with her as she matures.

 

[Gray]

People probably said the same about the Beatles in their day.

And plenty still say it 👍

 

[Cricketbat70]

And plenty still say it 👍

Well my daughter listened to the new album and said "the first three songs are OK the rest are meh! I'm glad I didn't buy it." I said, "oh is this going to be a disaster for her?" My daughter replied, "no because die hard swifties will like it no matter how bad it is."
Here was me thinking my daughter was a die hard swifty.
There are still people out there that don't follow the hype and the crowd😂

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

The Dachshund - pointless, charmless, yappy and bad-tempered. Everything I dislike about dogs in one comedic package.

 

[Dave_]

The Dachshund - pointless, charmless, yappy and bad-tempered. Everything I dislike about dogs in one comedic package.

All yappy dogs...

 

[DougK1]

All yappy dogs...

Got one of those next door, neighbour is lovely, dog is a pita.

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

People who start polls on this forum, without fully considering the consequences of so doing... 🙄

 

[jjbomber]

People who start polls on this forum, without fully considering the consequences of so doing... 🙄

The poll question was far too difficult for most people on here!

 

[DCarmi]

Royal Mail Tracked 24 (i.e. Next day delivery).
After 4 days it has got as far as Birmingham Mail Centre which is about 23 miles from its start, 43 minutes by car or you can walk it in 7 hours. It still has got about 100 miles to go!

I now have a non-guaranteed delivery slot of between 10:07 and 14:07 tomorrow. Really? A hypothetical 4 hour slot at 7 minutes past the hour!

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

Royal Mail Tracked 24 (i.e. Next day delivery).
After 4 days it has got as far as Birmingham Mail Centre which is about 23 miles from its start, 43 minutes by car or you can walk it in 7 hours. It still has got about 100 miles to go!

I now have a non-guaranteed delivery slot of between 10:07 and 14:07 tomorrow. Really? A hypothetical 4 hour slot at 7 minutes past the hour!

There was a time, when I considered Royal Mail just about 100% reliable...

 

[Cricketbat70]

There was a time, when I considered Royal Mail just about 100% reliable...

I think they are very near the bottom of the heap these days.

Royal Mail Tracked 24 (i.e. Next day delivery).
After 4 days it has got as far as Birmingham Mail Centre which is about 23 miles from its start, 43 minutes by car or you can walk it in 7 hours. It still has got about 100 miles to go!

I now have a non-guaranteed delivery slot of between 10:07 and 14:07 tomorrow. Really? A hypothetical 4 hour slot at 7 minutes past the hour!

I've had Amazon purchases recently, delivered by royal mail where I've had the "can't find your address need more information" message. I thought I can understand that BS message from the likes of Evri but royal mail!! I went round to my local sorting office and before I'd even opened my mouth they said "it will be delivered tomorrow" So I started explaining about the message on the Amazon app and the bloke said "yep it will be delivered tomorrow we've been short staffed there are loads that will get delivered tomorrow". So rather than telling the truth and I suppose to stop Amazon penalties for not delivering on time, they make the excuse the address is incomplete.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Severn Trent. Perfectly happy to charge every month and dump loads of poo in the rivers, but less good at actually turning up to deal with partially-blocked drains.